My daughter is back with another problem. Everything was working fine, then all of a sudden She can connect to her router, but its saying Local connection only. She tried connecting to a public hotspot and got the same problem.

Background: the network in her residence has two wireless routers. One is connected to the cable modem and is used by the family she lives with. The other is connected to their router, but uses a different IP range so she alone uses it.

When the problem started, the main desktop wiored to the router continued to have Internet access, but her laptop and the laptop of a family member (connecting to the main router) were getting the Local connection only message.

Suggestions?

Is it possible she has a static IP set on the laptop to connect to the other network with the specific IP range?

Nope. She is using the DHCP server in the second router.

Does she have Vista?

Yes

Go to the Network and Sharing Center, will look like this:
http://kb.epson-europe.com/pf/12/webfiles/Article%20Images/Networking/Windows/Win%20Vista%20screens/WinVista_NetworkAndSharingCenter.png

Click on that red X to attempt to fix the issue. It worked for me once.

If I remember correctly, the setup you have is something like this:

Network 1 - Internet
192.168.0.0/24
WAN address handled by ISP's DHCP
LAN GW 192.168.0.1

Network 2 - LAN
192.168.1.0/24
WAN address fixed to 192.168.0.2
LAN GW 192.168.1.1

On your daughter's computer and a computer from the other network, get the IPCONFIG /ALL data and post it. Also, ping the router address in both networks from your daughter's computer and post results.

I suspect that the WAN address on Network 2's router is no longer set correctly to a fixed address in Network 1.

Hmmm, good point but why would that affect the other user's wireless. I'll talk to my daughter tonight and let you know.

hmmm, good point but why would that affect the other user's wireless. I'll talk to my daughter tonight and let you know.

Missed that point - the other network wireless not working properly as well.

Another thing to check on the wireless side is that both transmitters are operating with channels on opposite ends of the spectrum - i.e.. One at channels 1-3 and the other with channels 8 and up. The default is channel 6 for most access points. It is also possible that a nearby neighbor is operating in the same range that you are trying to use. By pushing yours to either end, it gets yours and theirs on different frequencies.